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I recently completed an appraisal in one of my local neighborhoods for a property that has been on the market for 734 days.  Off the bat, I had a feeling that this house was going to be penalized by the market for spending too much time listed.  So I dug pretty deep and completed an extensive day...
01/21/2010
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I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal this morning about the current state of the rental market and the outlook over the next couple of years.  Surprising to me, the rental market was down, at an 8% vacancy rate, across the nation.  This was largely in part to would be renters ...
01/06/2010
As 2010 comes upon us this weekend, many of us will are wishing a not so fond farewell to 2009.  Industry changes and the struggling economy left 2009 as one of the most challenging years I have experienced in my short, 6 year tenure, in the real estate field.  Besides the normal resolutions of e...
12/28/2009
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Since the inception of the HVCC and the expansion of appraisal management companies (AMC's), a growing concern of geographic competency and its affects on the quality of appraisal reports has emerged.  As AMC's develop, often times they do not immediately register every appraiser in every zip cod...
12/14/2009
Lets face it, most areas of the US have seen declining property values in the last year or so.  Yet, in most areas, property taxes have gone up or stayed the same.  Show your clients you are a true professional and suggest that they appeal their property tax assessment (if it is high of course). ...
06/26/2008
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